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23 hours ago · Upon marriage, she became Her Royal Highness Princess Richard of Gloucester. But just one month after Birgitte joined the royal family, tragedy struck when her new husband's elder brother died ...
23 hours ago · Mary asked the Duchess of Valentinois to make an inventory of the French king's cabinet and all his jewels. [22] [23] [24] In the 1570s, Mary sent her godchild, a daughter of the French ambassador Michel de Castelnau , a jewel which had been a present in her childhood from Henry II as a pledge of her affection to the girl and her family.
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23 hours ago · 1886 portrait of Christian IX and his family by Laurits Tuxen. Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty.
23 hours ago · Elizabeth (given name) Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva ( אֱלִישֶׁבַע ), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", [citation needed] as rendered in the Septuagint. [citation needed]
23 hours ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II.
23 hours ago · Empress Matilda ( c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, [nb 1] was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy, she went to Germany as a child when she was married to the future Holy Roman Emperor ...
23 hours ago · The recessional begins immediately after the first kiss and usually follows the reverse order of the processional. The newlyweds lead the way back down the aisle—but not before the maid of honor.
